Bigfoot in Oregon

186 mapped reports in the TidyTuesday extract of the BFRO database (#7 of 49 states with reports). A row is a submitted report, not a confirmed animal.

One profile per state. 'stats' are computed from sightings_seed.csv (4,045 mapped BFRO reports, 1869-2021, from the TidyTuesday 2022-09-13 extract). These are mapped reports in that extract, not all reports ever made and not confirmed sightings. Class A = clear sighting, Class B = sound/tracks/obscured view, Class C = secondhand or less reliable (BFRO definitions). Festivals, creatures and museums are pulled from festivals.json, regional_creatures.json and research.json.

Mapped reports

Class A (clear sighting report): 85
Class B (sound, tracks, or an obscured view): 101
Class C (secondhand): 0
Years: 1949–2020. Since 2010: 15.
Busiest decade: 2000s (76). Busiest month: July (40).
Seasons: spring 18, summer 91, fall 63, winter 14.
Counties with at least one mapped report: 30.

Top counties: Clackamas County (18); Douglas County (14); Umatilla County (14); Lane County (14); Josephine County (13).

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Regional names

Skookum / skoocooms — Chinook Jargon word; historical account

Festivals

Glide Sasquatch Festival · Glide · 2026 edition was June 20; usually June
Sasquatch Summer Fest · Oakridge · 2026 edition was July 10-11 (3rd year); July
Elgin Sasquatch Festival · Elgin · Inaugural edition Aug 1, 2026, 10 AM to dusk; recurrence not yet confirmed

Museums and landmarks

North American Bigfoot Center - Boring, OR — Museum opened in 2019 by Finding Bigfoot's Cliff Barackman.
Sensing Sasquatch exhibit (2024-25) - High Desert Museum, Bend, OR — Past exhibition presenting Sasquatch through Indigenous Plateau artists and voices.
Bigfoot Trap - Rogue River-Siskiyou NF, OR — 1974 wooden trap on the Collings Mountain trail, restored by the Forest Service in 2006.

Bigfoot in Oregon

Mapped reports

Regional names

Festivals

Museums and landmarks

Public land

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